Second Saturday EXPANDED VIEW Wilderness Skills

Find your animal group table. Show and discuss your 10 Essentials and suitable clothing for the challenge course with one of your animal group co-leaders (or someone they designate). Then weigh your packs and get to know the other travelers in your animal group.

30 min – Instructors work individually with students

8:30 Introduction to the Outdoor Workshop and preparation for the Challenge Course

Convene as a class to review challenge course and for questions/comments (5 min)

Split into animal groups and carpool to trailhead (20 min)

On the trail (each group will eat lunch at least 10 minutes down the trail)(150 min)

Carpool back to classroom (20 min)

What happened? Questions, comments and ideas from the challenge course(15 min)

4:30Ways to play - other courses, clinics, seminars, events and activities (15m)

4:45 Course evaluation and closing (15m)

5:00 End of course (put away chairs and tables)

*About the Challenge Course: Students hike in a local park where they encounter situations requiring an effective response to injuries, physical condition challenges, weather surprises, encounters with animals and equipment failures. Navigation exercises use handout instructions/maps to practice finding ones way in the woods.

Students will bring their daypacks with the ten essentials, lunch and other gear for time outside during small group activities and the challenge course. Compasses will also be very helpful although some loaner compasses will be available. Compasses and other gear will be discussed during the first Saturday (the preceding week).

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